Little Humby

Coordinates: 52°53′06″N 0°30′40″W / 52.885°N 0.511°W / 52.885; -0.511
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Little Humby
Little Humby village green
Little Humby is located in Lincolnshire
Little Humby
Little Humby
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF003330
• London100 mi (160 km) S
Civil parish
  • Ropsley and Humby
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGRANTHAM
Postcode districtNG33
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
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Lincolnshire
52°53′06″N 0°30′40″W / 52.885°N 0.511°W / 52.885; -0.511

Little Humby or Humby[1] is a hamlet in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of Ropsley and Humby, 5 miles (8.0 km) east from Grantham, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east from Ropsley and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south from the A52 road. Great Humby, a smaller hamlet, is 720 yards (658 m) to the south.

Humby has a ford that is prone to flooding,[citation needed] and a red telephone box. Inhabitants petitioned to keep the box when the local council made plans for a modern replacement.[citation needed]

Local wildlife includes badgers, and birds such as blue tits, wrens, chaffinches, seagulls, kestrels, red kites and buzzards.[citation needed]

Richard Todd, actor, lived and died at Little Humby.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Humby, South Kesteven". GetOutside. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Richard Todd: Dam Busters star and war hero dies aged 90"; Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2012

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